SO 577 - Athens over uncertain mint
From SILVER
198 BCE - 197 BCE | AΘE
Location/history
| Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | Athenian Agora, Γ-354 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Zeus right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΘE (Greek) Amphora. In field, owl. All within olive wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Athens | Ancient regionAncient region. | Attica | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 198 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 197 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.856.85 g <br />6,850 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br /> | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Kleiner 1976, p. 14, no. 63, Kroll 1993, n°76b | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Svoronos 1923-19261Svoronos 1923-1926, p. 25, n°15-21, Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, n°76, HGC 43HGC 4, n° 1702 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Pan erecting trophy |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Macedonia (uncertain mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Antigonus II Gonatas (Antigonid king, 277/6-239 BC), Macedonian kingdom |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 277 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 239 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | SNG Copenhagen 34SNG Copenhagen 3, n°1205, Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, n°507, HGC 3.15HGC 3.1, n° 1049, Panagopoulou 20206Panagopoulou 2020, 9.8.3 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck on Antigonos Gonatas (507)" | ||
References
- ^ Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1923-1926), Les monnaies d'Athenes, Munich, F. Bruckmann, xix + 114 p. and 39 pl.
- a b Kroll, John H. (1993), The Greek coins, Athenian Agora vol. 26, Princeton, xxvi + 376 p., 36 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
- ^ SNG Copenhagen 3. Thessaly-Illyricum. Epirus-Acarnania. Aetolia-Euboea. Attica-Aegina. Corinth. Philiasia-Laconia. Argolis-Aegean Islands, Copenhagen, 1982.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
- ^ Panagopoulou, Katerina (2020), The Early Antigonids. Coinage, Money, and the Economy, New York, ANS, xlv, 390 p., 63 pl.
